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W H. TEETS. WAGON BODY.

' N.o. 323,973. Patented Aug. 11, 1885.

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WILLIAM H. TEETS, OF ALLEGHENY, PENNSYLVANIA.

WAGON-BODY.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 323,973, dated August11, 1885.

Application filed May 8, 1885.

To an whom it may concern;

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM H. Tears, of Allegheny, Pennsylvania,haveinventedanew anduseful Improvement in Wagons, which improvement isfully set forth in the following specification, reference being had tothe accompanying drawings.

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My invention relates to wagons of large capacity, for moving householdgoods, merchandise, 850., where heavy bodies of small dimensions andbulky bodies are to be moved at the same time. Where families move fromhouse to house or from railroad freightstations, as a general rule therewill be heavy substancessuch as stoves, packed boxes, barrels, &c., andalso furniture of all kinds-and to keep these bodies separated isconsiderable of a task. This I accomplish in my invention of amoving-wagon. p

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side view of my wagon.Figure 2 is a longitudinal section of the same. Fig. 3 is an end viewfrom the rear, and Fig. 4 is a crosssection taken at the dotted linesseen in Fig. 1.

A A is the main body of my wagonbed.

B B is the lower section or basementof my wagon-bed, the same being madenarrow, so as to be placed between the wheels, while the main body ofthe bed A is made broader, and extends out over the wheels, thus givinglarge space and affording ample room for bulky bodies. v

I) l) are boxes placed under the projecting sides of the bed A, and aremade as large as the space will permit. These boxes are for storage ofsuch articles as areneeded for use in moving furniture or otherarticles.

b are doors fixed to the sides of the bed, and are thrown up when thebasement B is being filled and then closed down, thus separating theupper from the lower apartments.

b? b are iron slides, fixed at the top of the bed A, and fixed to thesame are the chains 1) b, to be used to hold the sides of the bed fromspreading. These slides being long, the chains 0 can be made to crossthe wagoirbed at different places, and this may often be required toavoid bodies that may intervene.

c c are the wheels 01' the wagon.

o c are rests, placed along beneath the projecting sides of the bed A A,and are to support the poles D D. These poles D D are used to enlargethe capacity of the bed A A,

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and are supported by the standards d d d, and in case of rain atarpaulin or other covering may be thrown over the same.

61 is a swinging arm which I use to fasten tightly against the side ofthe bed an article likely to be broken-such as a large picture ormirror.

b b are supports for the projecting sides of the bed A A.

E E E E constitute the lock, and e the seat, and B tool-box under theseat.

In constructing my improved wagon I make the length of the bed aboutsixteen to seventeen feet long, and as wide as safety will permitsayabout seven feet. The basement part B need not be quite so long, in factit must of necessity be placed behind the forewheels, so as to permitturning around.

it will be seen that as a moving-wagon my invention has advantages thatthe common wagon has not both in convenience in loading heavy bodies,being built low down, and a-lsoin affording a capacity for carrying alarge load of goods. As an express-wagon itwill also be found to be ofgreat utility over other wagons in this that while heavy articles forone party may be loaded in the apartment B much lighter materials can beput on top in the bed A A, and the things thus kept apart.

In moving household goods my wagon will specially be useful, as thegreat space my wagon aii'ords will permit articles of furniture to bemore safely conveyed from place to place.

It will be readily seen that by putting heavy articles in the basementapartment B the center of gravity is nearer the ground than it otherwisewould be, and hence the wagon is less likely to upset when on unevenground.

Having thus described my invention, what Iclaim, and desire to secure byLetters Patent, 1s-

1. The combination, in a moving-wagon, of

.the beds A and B with the standards 6! d and the pole D, substantiallyas described and shown.

2. The combination of the beds A and B, doors b,chains b and slides bsubstantially as described and shown. v

Intestimony that 1 claim the foregoing as my invention I hereto set myhand in presence of two witnesses.

Witnesses: WILLIAM H. TEETS.

HENDERSON E. DAVIS, W. H. GRAHAM.

